Performance style for some piano pieces by Leo Orenstein

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Aswan University

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Abstract: Leo Orenstein Is an American Composer and accomplished Pianist, born in Ukrainian city of Kremenchug in 1892 and died in the city of Green Bay in 2002, He authored many works, including the pygmy sequence, Lysistrata dance, and piano sketch book volume2, which is considered one of the valuable works because of its instrumental and performance techniques, the current search aims to identify the life of the American composer Leo Orenstein and his most important works, to identify the style of performing piano compositions from, Leo Orenstein’s Sketch Book volume 2, to identify the technical and performance difficulties involved in the piano compositions Sketch Book volume 2 and How to overcome it, the current search followed the descriptive approach, the research sample was failed in A sample of piano pieces from the Sketch Book volume 2 the theoretical farm work included analysis the structure of the research sample, the instrumental difficulties and technique with it, and the suggested exercises to overcome them , the research answers his questions and reflects the features of Leo Orenstein’s music style

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